opportunity. >> officer kevin peck, we need more officer kevin pecks in the world. i thank you so much for what you did for that woman and for calling you into us. thank you, sir. happy holiday to you. >> thank you. i appreciate it. now this. all right, here we go top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. several stories breaking for you now, business is friday. first the house about to vote on extending the payroll tax cut. also out in san francisco, barry bonds, just sentenced for that obstruction of justice x and the case against the army private accused of leaking top secrets to wikileaks, time to play reporter roulette. we will begin with kate bolduan on capitol hill. kate, to you, it looks like i guess the house is kind of on a roll today. a short time ago, they took action to avert a government shutdown. so, one down. >> one down and now all eyes are on where's the next one? so they have averted a government shutdown. the house voted this after into on the megamuss, as they call it

around here the massive spending bill to fund the government through the end of september. so, this has been negotiated for months now. and congressional leaders came to an agreement late yesterday evening finalizing this massive spending bill, the house voted on it today so a government shutdown has been averted. the senate is expected, they could still vote on it ostensibly, vote on it today, most likely, the senate will be in working tomorrow and vote on it tomorrow. the big overwhat really kind of started this whole standoff and brinksmanship up here, the latest round of brinksmanship is where do things stand on ex-standing the payroll tax cut? short answer, brooke, still negotiating, still talking, with he don't have the details of when we could be hearing an answer if they are going to be able to beat the deadline of the end of the year or not, but we know both the top republican in the senate, top democrat in the senate today seemed very optimistic, very upbeat they were going to be able to find agreement some way to extend the payroll tax cut as well as other

important end of the year provisions, like extending unemployment assistance to the long-term unemployed, they are negotiating, still hurdles they have to overcome, one hangup, i'm told, still discussing how to cover the cost of such a package, we can expect they will be working late this evening and likely be in tomorrow for a saturday work session, brooke. >> all right, work, work, working, we like that kate bolduan on the hill. thank you. next on reporter roulette, brian todd in fort meade, maryland, for the military hearing for bradley manning, the army private of being accused of being behind the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. history. we know manning's attorney made a surprise move, pretty much right off the bat this morning. >> he certainly did, brooke. david comes, manning's defense attorney, came out firing today, essentially accuse the presiding officer of this hearing of being biased against his client and demanding that he recuse himself. david comes, the defense attorney saying this judge, man

acting essentially as the judge, called the investigating officer, lieutenant color in paul almanza, because he works in his civilian job at the department of justice as a prosecutor, that he is bias against bradley mapping much the department of justice conducting a separate investigation into wikileaks, david comes laid down other points, too, to make the case that this officer is biased, saying he has threat a disproportionate amount of prosecution witnesses into the case versus defense witnesses, not many on that score, biassed this case by opening it up to the public and to the media, to see the proceedings. and that he has allowed in unsworn witnesses, but this officer has just now refused that request, saying i don't believe i'm biased, i have consulted my legal -- my legal counsel here and we believe that i'm fine to go ahead. he has just refused that request to recuse himself but some firework, kind of a marker laid down by bradley manning's attorney on how tough he is going to be, how contentious he wants to make these proceedings

and probably to make a case if this doesn't go bradley manning's way, he has got maybe some case to appeal this hearing as we go forward. this is of course, a preliminary hearing to determine if bradley manning will stand court martial, at the end of all of it, could face a life sentence for, among other charges, aiding the enemy. what is the high-stakes game for bradley mapping. >> depending which way this goes, possibility for an appeal on behalf of manning? brian todd in maryland, brian, thank you. next on reporter roulette, shoot out to san francisco. dan simon is there where barry bonds now learning his punishment, came down that sentence not too long ago for misleading a grand jury that was looking into steroid use among professional athletes. dan, tell us what he got. >> well, no prison time, brooke, that's the important thing. he could have gotten anywhere from 15 to 21 months. insecond the judge sentenced him to 30 days home detention, he has to wear an ankle bracelet, not too bad for barry bond, he lives in a ten-bedroom mansion in beverly hills and then after

that, he has got two years probation and he also has to pay a $4,000 fine. but here's the thing, barry bonds is appealing his sentence, appealing his conviction, so the sentence is stayed. so, this could drag on for a couple more years but if you're barry bonds, it's a pretty good day. of course this case has been dragging on for many years and of course, his reputation has been sullied because of these steroid allegations. and his legacy will be debated for many, many years but for barry bonds, he has got to be pretty glad he is avoiding any sort of jail time. brooke? >> we were seeing the slow-mo shot of him walking into the courthouse today, i know is federal court, no cameras, were you in there? what was his reaction? >> he sort of had this pleasant demeanor on his face. obviously, he was glad. he just really didn't show a lot of expression. by guess could you say he just sort of had this pleasant look on his face. he actually looks pretty good. he lost a lot of weight.

he doesn't look like the player we saw a couple of years ago when he broke the record. has, of course, the most home runs. so, barry bonds walked out of court, i guess about five, ten minutes ago, hopped in his suv and he is off, but he will probably be back in this courtroom in the not too distant future this case is on appeal. >> broke the home run record in august of '07, not far from where you are standing, dan simon. dan simon in san francisco. a frightening sight in china, this is river, it has turned blood red. no, not the sign of the coming apocalypse, but it is something illegal. for that, we go to reynolds wolf. >> further ado we need to go right to the video. it really is compelling and it is -- >> let's look at t. >> perfect, beautiful for the holiday season. >> you are matching it, very, very lovely. >> this actually used to be a white happened kerchief. part of me getting choked up. >> bright red. why? >> here is what we believe is

the situation this river we are showing you, is a riff they're runs to the city in northern china. it normally has a different color but recently did turn red it is now back to normal what they believe happened is there is an illegal factory right upstream. people were actually ripsing out some bags that had dye and thus, the dye dyed the riff they're reddish color what kind of dye it was? ever seen fireworks? you know how sometimes they are encased in a tube a reddish color? it is that dye, that dye that caused the water to stain. and locals say that the water has been several different colors, including green. it has been greenish hue. if you have your green, you have your red, they are perfect holiday san colors. see where they are going with this. were they chucking the dye in the riff and weren't supposed to do this? >> they were trying to recycle the bags, takings the, rinsing them out. environmental groups tested the water. they said that although it has this gnarly appear perhaps, it isn't you dangerous.

doesn't contain toxins, no chemicals. >> just a lot of red hands around the -- >> and red hank kiss. >> hey, reynolds, good to see u. >> always good to see you, too. coming up, a busy hour four you first, the prosecution star witness takes the stand in that alleged coverup at penn state university and what mike mcqueary says he saw in that locker room is horrifying. find out the secrets he is revealing in court today. plus the oil spill that devastated the gulf. so, why the heck is bp getting paid $250 million for the accident? also this. now, an interesting little twist here, the passenger, who was due to fly on a flight from moscow to tehran fled, disappeared. >> a disturbing discovery found inside a passenger's luggage, a passenger going from russia to iran. and he is already making millions of dollars but the feds say an nfl player wanted to become a drug kingpin. new developments in this stung

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it is interesting and happening right now, you are about to see it rapid fire, let's go, beginning with moments ago. president obama just finished speaking at a conference of the union of reform judaism in washington. he made this appearance today as republican presidential candidates are blasting him for his policies on israel. he did make mention of iran, saying the u.s. will take no options off the table. also at today's conference, israeli defense minister ehud barak and house minority leader, eric captor. the witness in the penn state scape dal says he saw

jerry sandusky assault a boy in a shower mike mcqueary told university officials about the encounter and he told them "it was extremely sexual in nature." mcqueer riff at a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to try both penn state's fired athletic director, tim curley and former university vice president gary schultz for like. and questions lead to a demand for an independent review of how police conducted the search for this little girl, 7-year-old jorelys rivera. the mayor of canton, georgia, where she lived, wants to know why sheriff deputies weren't debriefed after searching and clearing the vacant apartment where, as it turned out, the girl was killed. and he wants to know why the police chief wasn't personally heading up the search himself. >> the police chief been there the day after that little girl went missing? >> i would think so i would think he should have been. sure. >> i feel like i was there when i was needed. if that's something that needs to be fixed on my part, i will fix t. >> a 20-year-old man who worked and lived at that apartment

complex is now charged with killing jorelys rivera. bp getting a quarter of a billion dollars, this is coming from the cameron international, the maker of that blowout preventer which failed to stop this gulf oil spill after the well exploded just last year. now, the settlement here, it is not an admission of liability by either company, but the agreement does come in vans of a federal trial over that catastrophic spill that trial again in february. six former executives of fannie mae and freddie mac facing big, big trouble. the feds today charging six of them with fraud, accused of not telling the truth about the mortgage loans they were giving out to high-risk home buyers. as you know, you, the taxpayer, bailed out the government agencies during the financial crisis. and the man accused of trying to kill president obama is now, in fact, deemed competent to stand trial, at least that's the ruling by a federal judge. oscar ortega hernandez charged with firing shots at the white house just last month. remember at least one bullet actually hit a white house window.

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sports writer, "chicago sun-times" here in a moment. i am told we can't talk to him now because there is a news conference happening had right now with the chicago bears. as soon as that wraps up, we will get the fresh news for and you dig a little deepers as to what he knows, what sean jensen knows about this man about these allegation and also perhaps what -- what this player is saying as well, what fellow players are saying. we will get to that in a matter of minutes. meantime, each and every week here, we introduce to you someone who achieved something remarkable despite to overcome major challenge. for sarah western, fighting cancer was a challenge bull her desire to be a mom that became her biggest fight. dr. sanjay gupta has this week's human factor. >> yeah he looks like his mama. >> being a mom was always sarah we werer's dream. she never imagine it had would take the help of a total stranger, denise bennett, to deliver that dream. at 26, sarah got devastating news, she had advanced cervical cancer and needed a

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our news just into us here at cnn, the chicago bears wide receiver arrested in a massive drug bust has now been cut from the team, now talking about sam hurd, busted by federal agents just two days ago for allegedly trying to set up a massive ongoing drug deal, according to federal charges, the scope was mind boggling. "chicago sun-times" columnist sean jensen has known hurd since he arrived from the dallas cowboys this past july. joins me by phone. i know you are at chicago bears headquarters right now. who spoke and what did they say? >> it was the general manager, jerry angelo, he addressed reporters, he typically doesn't do that during the football season, but obviously given the ex-ten weight circumstances, he wanted to provide clarity on the team's position with sam hurd. his points were that the bears had no idea of any of this. there weren't any facts, there weren't any red flags about sam hurd, who didn't have a criminal

background or anything, and he made clear that the bears will release him later this afternoon, via the nfl's official process. and so, sam hurd, by the end of the day, will not be a chicago bear any longer. >> so, presumably, jerry angelo, shocked. shocked by this? and the rest of the team. >> absolutely. everybody, everybody throughout this building is shocked by this revolution the other day the team didn't know anything about it until thursday morning when sam hurd wasn't in the usual receiver meeting. that is when she started asking around and figuring out what happened. if you asked me -- said there was a going to be a bears player who had federal drug charges levied against them and gave me 30 guess, sam hurd would not have been one of those guys. he appeared to be a christian, hum and sing gospel songs walking armed the building, he was one of the most cordial, friendly and accountable players on this team, and his teammates,

yeah, they really liked and respected him. so, this is a shock. >> okay, sean jensen, let's back up, this guy, wide receiver, chicago bears, $5.1 million, three-year contract, just came from the cowboys, came on to chicago in july, but let's get into the numbers, because the numbers here tell the story, at least allegedly as to what he's potentially involved let's go back to wednesday night and the steak dinner. who was there? what was he involved with? >> well, i don't know exactly who was there, but, you know, we reported he was in rose month, which is just a suburb right near the airport between the city and o'hare international and what we do know for sure, sam hurd was there and that an undercover agent that sam hurd believed was a supplier was at the dinner and hurd told this, you know, this undercover agent that he was already moving four kilograms of cocaine a week and

that he needed five to ten more. and that his current supplier couldn't do t he said that allegedly, according to the homeland security report. he accepted a kilo of cocaine, walked out of the restaurant and arrested in the parking lot. that's what we know. again, bears officials didn't know anything of it until thursday morning and as details come out, it's just -- people here are shocked. they are trying their best, on the football field this team has to whip. they are looking -- they are on the outside looking in for a playoff spot and they are in a must-win situation on sunday, but there's no question that this is a big distraction for this football team right now. >> sean, let also ask you about this, because i know there is a radio station in chicago that is reporting there was a list that exists that details fellow players who sam hurd was allegedly selling to can you confirm that? cnn has not been able to

>> exactly you the sun times has not been able to confirm that report and i just got off the phone with sam hurd's attorney, david kenner, who is based in l.a. he told me from all the information that they have got, that there is no indication that this is true. they simply don't believe that this is an accurate report and they are not buying into this at this point. so that obviously would be huge if that were the case, again, we have not been able to confirm that and the attorney is refusing to accept that and saying that that is not the case. >> sean, i know you said, you know, he has no criminal record. you told one of our producers that, you know, obviously, the bears, per protocol, did background checks, but also interesting, interviewed by homeland security before he essentially linked the deal. homeland security? why is that? >> i think was the timing of it

happening down there in texas. i think it was just a routine traffic stop that initially, one of his cohorts had his vehicle, $88,000 in cash. and i'm not exactly sure why homeland security was roped in. i'm just -- only thing i can wonder if maybe that source, you know exfor this cohort of his was maybe, you know, purchasing drugs from a mexican supplier. that's the only reason i could think of why homeland security was initially involved in it. >> we don't know for sure. we don't know for sure. sean jensen, nfl com, "chicago sun-times," thanks for hopping on the phone and breaking the news. sam hurd cut from the team effective today. all right. admit it, you look at pictures of celebrities, some of you do maybe taken by paparazzi, maybe you don't. but here's a story about one of those guys who wields the camera, shove it is in the faces of his own celebrities. in his own words, here is el

wood dirk the self-proclaimed king of paparazzi. >> what's up? [ bleep ]. >> out of here. >> don't. don't. >> how are you doing? >> hey. my name is el wood day, i'm king of the paparazzi. i'm the guy that goes out and gets those pictures you see on television, the newspapers every day around the world. pictures you want to see. i'm a paparazzo. hi. can we get a shot? do an interview real quick? >> okay. are you the people at tmz? >> no we are the people tmz imtate. the secret to this is being able to see history happening, one little section of history recorded accurately. >> you know, just super fabulous. >> what we have been doing, courting the history of hollywood, frame by frame, for 19 years. we have had everything from the eddie murphy with a transvestite hook and the cop, jim carey

wedding on the side of the mountain, that exclusive out in malibu. the number one story on all network news. we live off of our exclusives, we get stuff no one else gets. >> going really well. >> the price being paid for videotaped stills has dropped drastically since the large corporations moved in and took over these paparazzi companies. we are struggling to survive. i'm in foreclosure now on my house. i'm behind on bills. i have never been this way in all the 30 years i have been doing this i have always been ahead. >> i have about doing this close to 20 years. it has definitely changed. i think -- i think the main thing is just there's too many pap par razzies and that drives the prices down. we used to be able to make $15,000 a month, easily. and now, if you can make 3 or 4 thousand dollars a month, it's tough sometimes. here's the park right here. gwen stephanie comes here and

jessica alba. heidi klum. you'll see a bump of-- bunch of pap par roads zplis here to the left, hanging out, a line of priuses. back ten years ago, we would shoot brad pitt, tom cruise, michael jackson, you know, all these big celebrities. and then it kind of changed. and people were kind of interested in shooting paris hilton. >> celebrity fame used to be based upon talent and skills. today, it seems to be just based on how much publicity you can generate. you can't buy a great picture. you got to take a great picture. >> won't get better than this. all right. >> speaking of great pictures, we couldn't pass this one up, let's share it not making this up, you are going to see it for

yourself, this is the zukata fly board, like a boogie board, way cooler, unlike the jet pack, last year, the thrust comes from the feet. look at this guy go. kind of looks fun. hold your nose though, i guess. a skilled user can do amazing things, dive in and out of the water like a dolphin, flipping around. hey, holidays are just around the corner. the zapata fly board could be yours. into us in cnn involving the very last detainee being held in iraq. arwa damon stepped in front of the camera for us in baghdad, go to arwa next. and more breaking news involving the alleged penn state cover up. we will be right back. tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't.

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two stories just into us. first, a judge in harrisburg, pennsylvania, ruled this case involving penn state can go to trial. it was against both tim curley there in this hearing today, former a.d. former athletic director and also gary schultz, former university vice president and also oversaw campus police. they were charged with perjury and failure to report those 2002 incidents involving sandusky. we heard susan candiotti a little while ago on our air talking to me about the prosecution's star witness, mike mcqueary, the assistant football coach who alleges to have seen sandusky and a young boy very much so inappropriately in one of the shower rooms on the penn state complex and the he essentially testified that he did in fact, report this to these men and these men are signingly saying that they did not get all of the -- all of the details until ultimately now we are learning based upon the evidence that will go to trial. also, just into us here, he is

the last detainee the u.s. is holding still in iraq. for that i want to go to baghdad, live to baghdad, to arwa damon. what are you learning, arwa? >> reporter: brooke that would be ali mousa dack took, the subject of high-level negotiations between the u.s.ed a main station and the iraqi government. the u.s. accuse him of organizing a fairly sophisticated and coordinated attack against the u.s. back in 2007. the attack took place in the southern city of karbala and led to the killing and kidnapping of five american soldiers. the americans detained dack duke shortly there aft earthquake the negotiations failed. the u.s. was trying to have dack duke transferred to a u.s. military court to try to try him there because at the end of the day, they do not have that much faith and they have concerns about the iraqi judicial system itself, but dack duke has been handed over to the iraqis.

we have been hearing many concerns voiced by different american politician, people in government about what the iraqis are going to do now that they have dack duke in their custody because there are great concerns he could potentially be released and if we just look at iraq's recent history, those concerns are fairly well founded. at the end of the day two brothers who were also detained, also accused of helping to carry out that very same attack, when they were transferred from u.s. custody into iraqi custody, they were eventually released. brooke? >> okay so this final detainee to stay in iraq as you are now reporting and not to be take tonight u.s. to face military trial. arwa damon in baghdad. thank you. make sure you watch all day tomorrow for cnn's special reporting, automatic the way cnn can, home from iraq. barbara starr shares soldiers of all the stories who served in the war there, many bring rust first-hand impressions of the country they are leaving behind and what they hope for their future. coming up net, map who says

he saw sandusky with a boy in the shower takes the stand. mike mcqueary, what is revealing about this alleged coverup is horrifying, as we are learning this case is going to trial. sunny hostson going to join me and talk with a breaking development just into us here on cnn on the case, next. every single day. that's why every day we help people across the country get into their first homes. prepare for a comfortable retirement and protect the people and things that matter most. at genworth we believe every day is the right day to take a step toward tomorrow.

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did, in fact, see jerry sandusky molest a boy in a locker room. assistant mike mcqueary told the court he told penn state officials about the abuse. sunny hostin on the case, this was a preliminary hearing for two former penn state officials accused of covering up this alleged rape. had the news this judge in harrisburg now ruling these men will go to trial. what role did mcqueary's testimony play today, do you think? >> well, he was certainly the star witness today. he was unflappable, unflinching, unequivocal. he certainly stuck to what we thought he was going to say, brooke, in front of the grand jury, he indicated that he saw jerry sandusky in a bathroom, with a boy who appeared to be 10 years old and he believed he saw some sort of sexual active you the. he explained that he did not necessarily see intercourse, but he felt that he saw something

that went over the line, sexual in nature and reported exactly what he saw, not only to gary schultz, tim curley, but to his father, who testified today by the way, and supported his son and supported what his son had told him. i think all in all, mcqueer riff the star witness today. >> today significant for a myriad of reasons. >> i'm sure defense attorneys tried to rattle him a bit? >> they did. but this was a witness who appeared credible, unflappable, unyielding, not tripped up at all. he's big guy, my understanding and they say he sat tall in that seat and was very, very clear as to what he believed he saw and as to what he reported he saw to

these two men. remember, they are being charged now and going to trial for failing to report sex abuse and also to lying to the grand jury as to what they knew. they claim that they didn't understand that there was a schedule encounter between jerry san does scaped a young boy, but mike mcqueary indicated that he did tell them exactly what he saw and that was something of a sexual encounter with that young boy. >> i want to stay on the subject of child rape, you have the allegations of penn state and former syracuse assistant coach barry fine accused of molesting three boys, prosecutors can't charge fine because of the statute of limitations for that crime. i want to read something, a senior writer at sports illustrated is calling for an end for the statute of limitations for sex crimes, john werthmeim. i want to quote.

it is predicated on secrecy and shame and manipulation it often takes years, decades even, for victims grasp what has happened, that an adult, of the an trusted authority figure or family members, did horribly wrong with him. a vast body of research end the day that the effects of childhood sexual abuse often spans a life time the opportunity to seek justice should last just as long. why? why is there a limit, sunny? >> you know, typically there are the statute of limitations because witnesses die, memories fade. you don't want a defendant to be responsible for something, you know, hanging over his head for many, many years there are valid reasons, brooke, for statutes of limitations, but i think wertheim's piece is so important. i felt i could have written it myself. i have been making this argument for many, many years that in particular, child sex abuse

cases should not be subject to limitations because of the shame, the humiliation, manipulation involved in these kinds of case, often time, young victim, it takes them years to come forward, like we are seeing in these case. and so, i believe these are the types of cases that should not have statutes of limitations. there have been changes in the law and i think there are more changes to come. >> that is what i was going to ask. ultimately what would it take for this law to change? >> unfortunately, usually takes tragedy to see the changes in the law. remember, we have amber alerts now because of what happened to amber. we have the adam walsh act because of what happened to adam walsh. and so i think one of the good things that could come out of these terrible cases we are hearing about so often these days in terms of child sex abuse, there will be changes to the law. because of the adam walsh act, now federally, you don't see these statutes of limitations when it comes to first degree child sexual abuse, first degree

child rape and although these laws have to be changed state by state, i don't think we are going to see this uniformed sort of state law, that's not gonna happen. you don't? >> i do believe states will re-evaluate their laws and we are moving, as a society, toward not having statutes of limitations for child sex abuse cases. and that's where the law should be. >> unfortunate it does take tragedy for things to change, as you point out. sunny hostin, thank you very much. now this. now, an interesting little twist here, the passenger, who was due to fly on a flight from moscow to tehran fled, disappeared. >> if tensions with iran respect high enough, now this.happens, nuclear material is found in some guy's luggage, a guy heading to iran. we are going to go to moscow, next.

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etta james. more details on a story we had mentioned before a man tries to board a flight to russia from iran with radioactive materials from his luggage. >> customs officials say they were screening baggage on a flight due to move to tehran when they were notified of high radiation levels in a set of baggage. what they found they say were 18 individually stored metal objects in their own steel cases. they say radiation levels from them were 20 times higher than normal and further tests showed what they were dealing with was na 22. now, the russian atomic energy agency says that's not normally hazardous. it's used commonly in medical applications and the levels reported by customs are no higher than passengers would

normally be exposed to on any flight. they said the isotope is not formed in nuclear reactors nor is it used as fuel for them. medical experts have told us this is commonly found in radiation laboratories around the world and do not believe it can have any possible weaponized application. it is allowed to be moved by air, but there are regulations, paperwork that have to be followed. in this case, they weren't. and as for if the passenger who had the buggage, he boarded for the iranian capital. let's go to new york and check in with wolf blitzer. see what he has coming up on "the situation room." i'm looking forward to that michele bachmann interview. >> we taped it just a little while ago and she's very, very tough. i don't know if you've interviewed her on many occasions. i have. i just tweeted about this. she really goes after newt gingrich for some of the

comments he's been making about her, suggesting she has her facts wrong. she denies she has her facts wrong and she's saying the way he behaves toward her is condescending, a direct quote, and insulting. pretty strong words from a republican presidential candidate. and i did press her on whether or not she thinks he was in her opinion a condescending and insulting because she's a woman. this is an issue that is out there. i know you're going to be anxious to hear what she has to say. she's not a shy lady. she is outspoken, she's got strong views. iowa is essential for her if her candidacy is going to go anywhere. she was born in iowa. she spent a lot of time there. for her to move on in this campaign, she's got to do well in aiiowa, so she's got a lot a stake. that's coming up in "the situation room." back to you. >> thank you. we look forward to it. have a good weekend. this is not something you see often. look at this.

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denver broncos quarterback tim tebow seems to be a hot topic. certainly you've heard of

tebowing. but he had stayed in the political realm at least until last night. listen, rick perry. >> there are a lot of people out there, understand it, that said tim tebow wasn't going to be a very good nfl quarterback. there are people that said, well, he doesn't have the right throwing mechanisms. he won two national championships and that looked pretty good. we were the national champions in job creation back in texas, but i'm already for the next level. let me tell you, i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. >> joe johns, political pop. politicians and the old sports analogy. do they ever go together well? >> actually, for years, i think maybe for decades, there's been a push to get sports analogies out of politics. on the front yard line. people say it cheapens the democratic process. be that as it may, nobody told rick perry, who went sort of all

in last night. this is the final debate before the iowa caucuses, but you know what? from a purely tactical point of view, this is actually a pretty good play to evangelical voters in places like iowa and south carolina and the values voters do, they do tend to show up. perry's been pushing real hard in his political ads as well as his public appearances to try to get those people who believe in prayer to vote for him. so invoking the name of tim tebow is actually pretty smart. >> less than 30 seconds. got to get to this. >> i know. >> this is hilarious. ♪ >> why is he singing, joe? >> you know, the truth is, he's singing so that people won't ask him questions and he doesn't feel obliged that he has to stop and answer. there are